Sanders takes lead in 538 National Polling Average

[peoli]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-d/national/

[Still In Wisconsin]

1. Alternate headline: Trump takes lead...

in 538 general election polling average.


Bernie = 4 more years.

[Gravitycollapse]

2. This argument is so tired. Give it a rest.

There's polling data showing Sanders winning against Trump with similar margins to other candidates (including Biden).

[Still In Wisconsin]

5. Yeah sure in national polls.

But Bernie gets clobbered in FL, AZ, and the entire rust belt. It doesn't matter if he wins Vermont and California by 40 points.

[StrictlyRockers]

14. Totally wrong about the Rust Belt. Bernie has been working on those states for years now.

He polls very well in the mid-West and in the Rust Belt.

Bernie wins this. It's clear if you look and don't rely on conventional wisdom.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. Bernie's detractors never will... but it just makes Bernie STRONGER, so relish it!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[wisteria]

3. Lol

[DemocracyMouse]

9. Lol? What is this, elementary school? You're funny 😆

[peoli]

4. Stop repeating this LIE!

[Still In Wisconsin]

6. No thanks.

I want rid of trump, not your silly "revolution."

[DemocracyMouse]

10. Sanders "revolution" is actually a return to Democratic tradition before Reagan

How far right we have come! We have past presidents advocating for everything Bernie is pushing for — and that many of us, left out of the economy — need for survival.

[Indepatriot]

11. PREACH!

When will these divisive voices stop tearing the party apart and coalesce behind the front runner (clutches at pearls)!!!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

34. BIIIIIINNGGOOOOO!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Gravitycollapse]

12. Many Democrats have bought wholesale into the "socialism" boogieman.

Which isn't even to make a comment on actual socialism. Providing state assistance to those in need, and even providing something like a public option or Medicare-for-all is not "socialism."

In most parts of the world (and in the US 50+ years ago), he would be considered a center-left candidate.

[Awsi Dooger]

18. Hardly a boogieman...I saw it first hand in Florida last fall

Andrew Gillum was defined as a socialist. It destroyed his numbers among Hispanics and specifically in Dade County

Gillum was backed by Sanders and only gained the upset nomination because of late wave support from the Sanders crowd above Gwen Graham, a boring moderate who unquestionably would have defeated Ron DeSantis.

There are always warning signs in the midterms. Nobody can tell me the fear is make believe. The swing states have similar makeup as the nation itself...which means more self-identified conservatives than liberals. We'd be asking Bernie Sanders to win key states which have between 5 and 11% more conservatives than liberals. Lotsa luck.

As always, the names don't mean anything. Rely on the big picture:

* Electing a socialist
* Electing a gay man

That is the reality. I have no idea why so many people get stuck in the little details while devaluing the wide scope

[Gravitycollapse]

20. A boogieman that works is still a boogieman. The socialism argument is BS.

As I said, Sanders in any other context is is a center-left candidate.

[DemocracyMouse]

37. Center, in my book.

To do the things he proposes would make the US a very strong, very wealthy democracy. It would have an infrastructure that would catalyze small businesses everywhere. Even the smallest businesses of freelancers who currently cannot afford insurance.

That, to me, is a very centered, very reasonable country. Bernie is smack dab in the center of what is reasonable. Eisenhower, a Republican, once said watch out for the military industrial complex, it will destabilize the country. Now that such a thing has occurred, getting back to stability, as Sanders and other progressives have proposed, should be considered "centrist." Nationalized health insurance is dead center in Europe. Giving a damn should be normal, centered, centrist. We have gone so far down the rabbit hole of corporate domination we don't know what a normal democracy should look like.

[Still In Wisconsin]

21. It's pretty simple. Bernie LOSES WI, IA, PA, AZ, FL, OH, MI

but wins CA and VT by upwards of 35 %.

What does that give us?

Four more years.

[DemocracyMouse]

38. Bernie is actually a centrist in Europe.

Giving a damn is not crazy. What's extreme is forgetting how far down the rabbit hole we've gotten into corporate domination for the benefit of increasingly fewer people.

Here's an idea. Instead of helping us all to lose our shirts in the next recession, help to build up American democracy. That's what a traditional Democrat does. That is what Bernie Sanders and the majority of Americans under 35 want. That is what huge numbers of older Americans increasingly want. And that is what the polling at the reputable agency, 538 is telling us. Bernie Sanders is in the lead. Giving a damn and STRENGTHENING our democracy is winning.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. I hope they don't...the Baseless Bernie Bashing Backlash is propellin Bernie to new heights

in the polls... that's right, Bernie is glidin', while Biden is slidin'.

Indeed, Bernie is now viewed as the most electable... it's no longer Joe!! So, using that same standard, Joe should quit the race, as Bernie was told to do, forever and a day, when he trailed Biden.


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Zolorp]

39. Agreed completely. Guaranteed loss.

[DemocracyMouse]

8. I honestly hope Sanders wins the primary. If the Democratic Party...

backs him 100% he will demolish Trump.

Be nice to see Warren as VP or in a cabinet position

[StrictlyRockers]

15. Sanders/Warren wins it in a landslide.

There is NO question in my mind about this.

[Still In Wisconsin]

22. Correction: Sanders/ (anybody) win CA and VT in a landslide.

They might even win the popular vote, just like President Hillary Clinton. Oh, wait...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. You'll get no argument from me...

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Indepatriot]

16. I also believe a Sanders/Warren ticket would be a juggernaut!

Not sure that's very likely after the "misogyny" dust up, but they'd absolutely STEAMROLL Trump.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

33. I honestly think a Bernie/Elizabeth ticket is MORE likely precisely BECAUSE of their dust up!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. Agree 100%!! You know how I feel about Elizabeth by now... would LOVE to see her on the ticket!!

Slotted in either position... wishing her the best of luck and may the best candidate win!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[BlueMTexpat]

36. Warren will NOT be on a

ticket with Sanders.

Or perhaps when pigs fly with their non-existent wings.

After all, Sanders contradicted her on a national stage (I believe her version) and he continues to allow supporters at his rallies to diss her and more of the same.

If the Democratic Party backs Elizabeth - or ANY other candidate, for that matter - 100%, she/that candidate certainly WILL demolish Trump. That's all it takes.

[Tiggeroshii]

13. GO BERNIE GO!!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

31. YOU KNOW IT!! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOO!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[whttevrr]

17. Too Bad Sanders is not a Democrat

and his Bernie Bros will brigade anyone without a Y chromosome.

[Gravitycollapse]

24. It's remarkable what people fallaciously assign to Sanders supporters.

I've genuinely never seen a more diverse, representative group (age, race, gender, sexuality, ability, class, religion, etc) than Sanders supporters.

[dchill]

25. +1

[Indepatriot]

26. When you challenge the Status Quo, people are forced to deal with the possibility that they've been

wrong about things they have entrenched beliefs about. Lots of folks don't do well with that.

[Go Vols]

19. Go Bernie!!!!!!!!!!!

.

[fleabiscuit]

27. So did Hillary. nt

[Tiggeroshii]

32. ?